EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND …
NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
CLASS SCHEDULE
COURSE CODE: E392
FEMA 10th ANNUAL ALL-HAZARDS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE
June 4–7, 2007
THEME—BACK TO BASICS
June 4, 2007 (Monday) – Pre-Conference Workshops (Open only to Conference participants)
(1) GIS in Emergency Management (Half-Day Workshop—to be Repeated in Afternoon)
8:00 – 12:00, Computer Lab, M-100A 1:00–5:00, Computer Lab, M-100A
(1st 34 registered) (1st 34 registered)
GIS in Emergency Management and Homeland Security - Introduction
GIS in Emergency Management and Homeland Security – Query Tools
Google Earth Exercise
Presenters: Jamie D. Mitchem, Ph.D.
Project Leader
3 Rivers HAZUS User Group (3RiversHUG)
Co-advisor for B.A. in Geography, GIS and Emergency Management Concentration
Department of Earth Sciences
California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
mitchem@cup.edu
Thomas R. Mueller, Ph.D.
Director of California University Crime Mapping Center
Department of Earth Sciences
California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
mueller@cup.edu
Description: Many practicing emergency managers have recognized the potential of spatial
technologies as tools that can support hazard mitigation, response, and recovery activities, and they have begun to integrate these technologies into their workflow. Higher education institutions are well positioned to respond to this need through the integration of spatial technology education into programs that provide instruction in the principles and tools associated with emergency management as well as in their research and community outreach activities. This workshop will explore a variety of desktop and Web-based spatial data exploration tools as well as data sources. Examples will range from simple viewing tools through sophisticated applications such as 3-D modeling, temporal analysis, and others. This workshop is introductory in nature, and no previous experience with GIS or other spatial technologies is required in order to attend this workshop.
June 4, 2007 (Monday) – Pre-Conference Workshops (Continued)
(2) Full-Day Introduction to ArcGIS
8:30 – 5:00, M-201 (1st 30 registered)
Presenter: Shane Hubbard
Professional Education and Outreach
The Polis Center
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
shahubba@iupui.edu
Description: This hands-on workshop is designed to empower higher education faculty and staff with an introduction to the powerful tools that ArcGIS provides for addressing issues associated with disaster mitigation, response, recovery, and risk management. The majority of the workshop will focus on the fundamental tools that ArcGIS provides for creating maps and answering questions related to existing spatial data. Recommended Participants: Persons with no GIS experience, persons that have GIS experience in non-ESRI GIS tools, and persons that have GIS experience in ESRI GIS tools other than ArcGIS.
(3) National Incident Management System (NIMS)
1:00 – 5:00, K-302 (1st 60 registered)
Presenters: Albert H. Fluman
Acting Director
NIMS Integration Center
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC
Kevin Molloy
Training Specialist
NIMS Integration Center
Emergency Management Institute
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
Emmitsburg, MD
Reporter: David Kloiber
Emergency Management Student
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY
Kloiber@adelphi.edu
June 5, 2007 – Tuesday, Day One of Conference (E392), Morning Plenary Session, E Auditorium
7:00 – 8:30 – Conference Registration
8:30 – 8:45 – Conference Introduction and Welcome
Cortez Lawrence, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Emergency Management Institute
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
Emmitsburg, MD
8:45 – 9:30 – FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Update
B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM
Emergency Management Higher Education Project Manager
Emergency Management Institute
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
Emmitsburg, MD
wayne.blanchard@
9:30 – 10:30 – Emergency Management Core Principles and Doctrine Project
Michael D. Selves, CEM, CPM, mselves@
Director, Johnson County Department of Emergency Management and
Homeland Security
Olathe, KS
President, International Association of Emergency Managers
10:30 – 11:00 – Break
11:00 – 12:00 – Are We Trapped in the War on Terror?
Ian S. Lustick, Ph.D., Professor, ilustick@sas.upenn.edu
Political Science Department
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch
NOTE: Share Fair, Publications or Display Area. This year, display tables will NOT be set up in the back of the E Building Auditorium. Instead, rooms K-314 and K-315 will be designated as display areas/publications tables for anyone wishing to set up a display table during the Conference. These rooms will be open during Conference hours Tuesday through Thursday, June 5–7. It will not be necessary to have someone stand at one’s display table.
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Tuesday, June 5th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(1) FEMA Legislative History, Disasters and the Law, and Post-Katrina Law/Legislation
Moderator: Christine G. Springer, Ph.D.
Director
Executive Master of Science in Crisis and Emergency Management (ECEM)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
Department of Public Administration
Greenspun College of Urban Affairs
Las Vegas, NV
Presenter: Keith Bea (Pending)
Specialist
American National Government
Government & Finance Division
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
Washington, DC
Topic: Are We Done Yet? Congressional Action (and Inaction) on the Development of Federal Emergency Management Policy
Presenter: Martha Braddock, Policy Advisor
International Association of Emergency Managers
Falls Church, VA
Topic: The Real FEMA History – What’s Not in the Books
Presenter: Lloyd Burton, Ph.D.
Program Director
Graduate School of Public Affairs
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
Topic: A Constitutional Framework for All-Hazards Management: Mapping & Mitigating Organizational Culture Clash
Description: Among the serious problems besetting public administrators at every level of government in their efforts at response to the natural disaster that was Hurricane Katrina was that of organizational culture clash: between Federal, State, and local authorities; between civilian and military agencies; and within FEMA itself. This paper proposes a unifying conceptual structure within which all these organizational relationships can be mapped—a cross-impact matrix created by integrating phases in the all-hazards management cycle with the constitutional sources of authority for these governmental institutions. This “legal GIS” system can be used to map incidents of culture clash in past disaster management incidents. Based on the generation of such a case study database, it can then be used as a means for both predicting the possibility of
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Tuesday, June 5th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(1) FEMA Legislative History, Disasters and the Law, and Post-Katrina Law/Legislation (Continued)
future such incidents of interagency conflict, and taking proactive measures to convert these potential flash points into opportunities for higher levels of effective intergovernmental and interagency cooperation in disaster management.
Presenter: Maeve Dion, J.D.
Legal Research Associate
Critical Infrastructure Protection Program
George Mason University School of Law (Research Faculty)
Arlington, VA
Topic: A Brief Survey of Other Disaster Law Issues
Description: This presentation will cover a range of legal issues relating to emergency management:
• Key findings of the ABA Standing Committee on Law & National Security’s Hurricane Katrina Task Force Subcommittee Report (including posse comitatus concerns, federalism challenges, State and local issues, and private sector integration);
• Changes to the “Insurrection Act” and control of the National Guard in the FY 2007 Defense Authorization bills and conferenced legislation (and proposed legislation to reverse the changes); and
• An initiative to change State “Good Samaritan” laws to limit liability of private sector organizations that assist in preparing for, and responding to, public health emergencies.
Reporter: Elizabeth Hensel, HEN4023@cup.edu
GIS and Emergency Management Concentration Student
California University of Pennsylvania
California, PA
(2) The War on Terror: Objective Approaches to Risk Assessment & Catastrophe Management
This breakout session is meant to be an opportunity to discuss and expand on issues raised in Dr. Lustick’s plenary presentation “Are We Trapped in the War on Terror?”
Presenter: Ian S. Lustick, Ph.D., Professor
Political Science Department
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Reporter: Robert J. Lynn, rlynn40@neo.
Emergency Management Student
University of Akron
Akron, OH
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Tuesday, June 5th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(3) Building Community College Emergency Management Educational Programs: An
Exploration of Best Practices
Description: This session will explore how to develop emergency management programs at community colleges and what are examples of best practices. The panel will present information about how to start courses and degrees and will discuss how to improve campus preparedness and security through risk assessment, involvement of students, and other community stakeholders in programs such as CERT and Campus CERT. Participants are invited to share examples of successful programs and best practices during the time allotted.
Moderator: Craig E. Zachlod, Ed.D., CEM
Emergency Management Coordinator
California Community Colleges
Ukiah, CA
czachlod@mcoe.us
Panelists: Valerie Lucas
Emergency Manager
University of California-Davis
Davis CA
Kay C. Goss, CEM
Director
Emergency Management and Homeland Security
SRA International
Arlington, VA
Linda Morin
EHS/Emergency Management Coordinator
Coast Community College District
Orange County, CA
Reporter: Jodi DiGennaro
Emergency Management Student
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY
digennar@adelphi.edu
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Tuesday, June 5th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(4) Online Teaching Using Web-Based Hazard and Disaster Research Tools
Description: This breakout session will demonstrate how to teach science applications available on the Internet:
• Integrating the Interactive Weather Information Network with the U.S. Geological Survey, WaterWatch (real-time river flow monitoring)
• Natural Resources Conservation Service, SNOTEL sites and data
• National Geophysical Data Center and National Climate Data Center, wet and dry cycles, using Palmer Drought Severity Index and development of Color-Coded PDSI Intensity Charts
• National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Advisory Archives, developing Delta Tables for quick reference and synthesis
• United Nations, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Chronological Disaster Relief Report and Fatality Curves
• Federal Emergency Management Agency, Site Index, and various applications
Moderator: Fred May, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Emergency Management
Institute for Emergency Preparedness
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL
Contributors: Fred May, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Emergency Management
Institute for Emergency Preparedness
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL
Jennifer Davey, MHA, MSEM
Emergency Management Specialist
Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Reporter: Stacy L. Peerbolte
Emergency Management Graduate Student
Walden University
stacy_peerbolte@cap-police.
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Tuesday, June 5th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(5) The Paradigm Shift in Planning for Special Needs Populations
Description: Emergency managers often grapple with how to effectively plan for an array of populations commonly labeled as having “special needs.” Mere labeling (i.e., individuals with disabilities, the elderly, those with limited English proficiency, etc.) does not convey usable information regarding the precise types of assistance and resources needed throughout the community. Individuals with special needs may require additional assistance to meet their functional needs in maintaining independence, communication, transportation, supervision, and/or medical care. Assessing functional needs and planning accordingly achieves efficiency in resource allocation and inclusion of underserved members of the community. This session will introduce the shift to a functional planning approach and encourage discussion among participants.
Moderator: George A. Heake, Jr.
Director of Special Operations
Center for Preparedness Research, Education and Practice
Department of Public Health, and
Emergency Management Coordinator
Institute on Disabilities
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
gheake@temple.edu
Presenters: Debra Fulmer
Emergency Management Planning Specialist
Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC
debra.fulmer@associates.
Brian Parsons
Senior Policy Advisor
Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC
Reporter: Brandi M. Lea
Emergency Management Student
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
brandimarielea@
2:50 – 3:10 – Break
3:10 – 5:00 – 2nd Round of Tuesday, June 5th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(1) Emergency Management Core Principles and Doctrine Project
This breakout session expands upon and takes off from the plenary presentation by IAEM President Michael Selves. Discussion will focus upon coming to agreement on the core Principles of Emergency Management and a project to determine Emergency Management Doctrine content.
Moderator: Lucien G. Canton, CEM
Director (Retired)
San Francisco Office of Emergency Management
San Francisco, CA
Panelists: Carol L. Cwiak, Professor, carol.cwiak@ndsu.edu
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Kay C. Goss, CEM, Director
Emergency Management and Homeland Security
SRA International
Arlington, VA
David A. McEntire, Ph.D., Associate Professor, mcentire@unt.edu
Emergency Administration and Planning Program
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Lee Newsome, CEM, FPEM, lee.newsome@
NFPA 1600 Committee Representative
President
Emergency Response Educators and Consultants, Inc. (EREC, Inc.)
Ocala, FL
Michael D. Selves, CEM, CPM, mselves@
Director, Johnson County Department of Emergency Management and
Homeland Security
Olathe, KS
President, International Association of Emergency Managers
William L. Waugh, Jr., Ph.D., Professor
Public Administration & Urban Studies
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Reporter: Michael J. Sturzenbecker, mike.sturzenbecker@okstate.edu
Emergency Management Graduate Student
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
3:10 – 5:00 – 2nd Round of Tuesday, June 5th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(2) E-learning in Emergency Management—Design, Development, and Presentation of Online
Emergency Management Courses at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels
Moderator: Robert T. Berry, CEM
Associate Professor
Bachelor of Science Emergency Management Degree Program
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC
Presenters: Tom Schneid, Ph.D., and Larry Collins, Ph.D.
Department of Loss Prevention and Safety
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
William Hudson
Executive Consultant Homeland Security
American Association of Community Colleges
Washington, DC
Reporter: Justin Ferrell, ferrell1851@philau.edu
Emergency Management Student
Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
(3) What Works? Growing Existing Emergency Management Collegiate Programs – AD Level
This breakout session will be conducted in two parts. In Part I, Bill Nash from Barton Community College and Elaine Karr from Delaware County Community College will deliver presentations explaining the processes they used to make their respective emergency management programs successful. In Part II, a Q&A session will be conducted with time allotted for audience participation in open discussion and brainstorming.
Moderator: J.D. Richardson
Assistant Professor of Fire Science
San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
Panelists: William (Bill) Nash
Associate Dean, Environmental Technology and Military Programs
Barton County Community College, Junction City, KS
Elaine Karr
Director, Public Safety
Delaware County Community College, Broomall, PA
Reporter: Mary Kelly, mary798@
Emergency Management Student
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
3:10 – 5:00 – 2nd Round of Tuesday, June 5th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(4) Applications of Geospatial Technology for Emergency Management
Description: Geospatial technologies (GIS, GPS, and remote sensing) are becoming increasingly important for EM. This session will illustrate successful strategies implementing these technological tools during each EM phase. Topics include costs, benefits, data issues, and future trends in geospatial technology’s infusion in emergency management. The goal of this session is to illustrate the analytical power and efficiency of this technology, and to spark discussion about its application to decision-making and management of emergency situations. (Participants are encouraged, but NOT required, to attend the pre-conference GIS and EM Workshop.)
Moderators: Jamie Mitchem, Ph.D., and Thomas Mueller, Ph.D.
Department of Earth Sciences
California University of Pennsylvania
California, PA
Panelists: John Pine, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Geography and Anthropology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
jpine@lsu.edu
Malcolm MacGregor, Ph.D.
Professor
Marine Safety & Environmental Protection Department
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, MA
mmacgregor@maritime.edu
Reporter: Jerry R. Klink, Jr.
GIS and Emergency Management Concentration Student
California University of Pennsylvania
California, PA
KLI3749@cup.edu
3:10 – 5:00 – 2nd Round of Tuesday, June 5th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(5) Risk Perception and Communication
Moderator: Richard Rotanz
Professor
Special Assistant to the President and Provost
Emergency Management Program
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY
Understanding Risk Perception’s Role in the Four Phases of Emergency Management
As an emergency manager (EM), it is paramount to understand the public’s perception of risk. Many factors influence risk perception, and if the EM fails to recognize the key role perception plays, he/she cannot adequately plan for, mitigate against, respond to, or provide recovery from an emergency.
Presenter: Jeanine Neipert, Graduate Student
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Jeanine.neipert@ndsu.edu
How to Create a Disaster by Saying Things the Wrong Way (Risk Communication Techniques)
Angry audience? Distrusted source? Unfamiliar risk? Improper risk communication will make your situation worse. Learn the right ways to listen to your audience and address their specific needs. Workshop attendees will develop message maps, public information sheets, and other tools for effective risk communication.
Presenter: Theodore J. Hogan, Ph.D., CIH, Instructor
Coordinator of Master of Public Health Disaster Management Program
Benedictine University
Lisle, IL
Reporter: Leslie Little, Graduate Student
Institute for Emergency Preparedness
Jacksonville State University, and
At-Risk Safety Trainer
HELPU Fire and Life Safety
Williamsburg, VA
jsu6883k@jsu.edu
5:30 – 7:00 – Log Cabin Cookout
With: FEMA Deputy Administrator Harvey E. Johnson
FEMA Deputy Associate Administrator Robert F. Shea, Jr.
June 6, 2006 – Wednesday, Day Two, Morning Plenary Session, E Auditorium
8:30 – 9:20 – New Emergency Management and Related Books
Moderator: Gerard J. Hoetmer
Executive Director
Public Entity Risk Institute
Fairfax, VA
Co-Editor (with Thomas E. Drabek) of: Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government. Washington, DC: International City Managers Association, 1991.
Panel: Lucien G. Canton, CEM
Director (Retired)
San Francisco Office of Emergency Management
San Francisco, CA
Author of: Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs
(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Inter-Science, 2007)
Russell Dynes, Ph.D.
Research Professor and Founding Director
Disaster Research Center
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Co-Editor (with Havidan Rodriguez and Enrico L. Quarantelli) of: Handbook of Disaster Research. New York: Springer, 2006.
Claire B. Rubin
Claire B. Rubin & Associates
Washington, DC
Editor of: Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900–2005 (Forthcoming)
9:20 – 10:10 – Why We Under Prepare for Hazards
Robert Meyer, Ph.D.
Gayfryd Steinberg Professor of Marketing
Chair, Department of Marketing
Co-Director, Wharton Risk and Decision Processes Center
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
June 6, 2006, Wednesday, Day Two, Morning Plenary Session, E Auditorium (Continued)
10:10 – 10:30 – Break
10:30 – 11:00 – International Emergency Management Student Association (& IAEM Region XII)
Report On: Present Status and Future Trends IEMSA Survey
Brad Wilson
Vice-President
International Association of Emergency Managers Region XII (Student Region)
Emergency Administration and Planning Senior
University of North Texas
Carrollton, TX
Report On: Emergency Management Students, Professionalism, and Emergency Management Student Chapters
Michael Kemp, M.S.
Immediate Past President
International Association of Emergency Managers Region XII (Student Region)
Instructor/Ph.D. Student
Emergency Management Program
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
11:00 – 12:00 – Rebuilding a Resilient Nation
Stephen Flynn, Ph.D.
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
Council on Foreign Relations
New York, NY
Author of:
• America the Vulnerable: How Our Government Is Failing to Protect Us from Terrorism. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004.
• The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation. New York: Random House, 2007.
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Wednesday, June 6th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(1) Emergency Management and Related Books & Materials Breakout Session
Moderator: Rocky Lopes, Ph.D., Project Manager for Homeland Security Community Services
County Services Department, National Association of Counties (NACo), Washington, DC
Panel: Compendium of Emergency Management Articles Project
Scot Phelps, J.D., CEM, Associate Professor of Emergency & Disaster Management
School of Public Affairs & Administration, Metropolitan College of New York, NY
Disaster Response and Recovery (Wiley, 2007)
David A. McEntire, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Emergency Administration and Planning, Department of Public Administration, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs (Wiley 2007)
Lucien G. Canton, CEM, Director (Retired), San Francisco Office of Emergency Management, San Francisco, CA
Emergency Management Professionals – Body of Knowledge Survey 2007
Carol L. Cwiak, Professor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Emergency Management: The American Experience, 1900–2005 (Forthcoming)
Claire B. Rubin (Editor), Claire B. Rubin & Associates, Arlington, VA
Facing Hazards and Disasters (National Academies Press, 2006)
Juan Ortiz, Member, Committee on Disaster Research, and
Director, Fort Worth/Tarrant County Office of Emergency Management
Fort Worth, TX
Handbook of Disaster Research (Springer 2006)
Russell Dynes, Ph.D., Research Professor and Founding Director
Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Principles and Practice of Emergency Management (ICMA, 2007 forthcoming)
William Waugh, Jr., Ph.D., Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Reporter: Pedro Carrero, Emergency Management Student, buktown@nyc.
Metropolitan College of New York, New York, NY
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Wednesday, June 6th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(2) Disaster/Emergency Management & Business Continuity Program (NFPA 1600) 2007 Ed.
Presenter: Lee Newsome, CEM, FPEM
NFPA 1600 Committee Representative, and
President
EREC (Emergency Response Educators and Consultants) Inc.
Ocala, FL
Reporter: Ryan Brown, ryan.t.brown@asu.edu
Emergency Management Student
Arizona State University East
Tempe, AZ
The ever-present threat of natural, human-made, and technological incidents presents serious challenges for today’s emergency management and business continuity professionals. Unforeseen events can affect organizations directly or even indirectly if suppliers or partners experience a significant interruption of services and business.
This session will discuss the new edition of the NFPA 1600 as it expands the conceptual framework for disaster/emergency management and business continuity programs. This presentation will strengthen the users’ knowledge of the key elements to bring the standard into alignment with the new generation of related disciplines and practices of emergency management, risk management, security, and loss prevention.
(3) Disaster Recovery – Post Katrina Look
Presenters: Gavin Smith, Ph.D.
Principal Professional
Risk and Emergency Management Division
PBS&J
Raleigh, NC
Topic: A Review of the United States Disaster Assistance Framework: Planning for Recovery
Jae Park, Ph.D.
Project Manager
Risk and Emergency Management Division
PBS&J
Raleigh, NC
Topic: Post-Katrina Disaster Recovery Planning in Mississippi
Reporter: Kaycee Cooper, klc0228@unt.edu
Emergency Management Student
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Wednesday, June 6th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(4) Disaster Modeling – Systems Approach to Four Phases Emergency Management Instruction
Disaster education and planning literature often refers to cascading disasters and emergencies. The concept of cascading disasters lends itself well to a modeling methodology that can readily be used in the emergency management classroom, computer lab, or at home on personal computers. This methodology teaches students that disasters can be modeled as cascading sequences of threats. Threat sequences can be studied by students from the perspectives of the four phases of comprehensive emergency management. In the classroom, students obtain a modeling software that displays cascading disasters as tree structures. By assignment, students prepare cascading disaster models and then proceed to analyze high-priority sequences of events (pathways) found within the model. The analysis process teaches students to think in terms of strategies for mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery for sequences of threats, rather than for single solutions for single threats (point threats). This introduces students to the knowledge that disasters are systems of threats rather than single, or individual, point threats, and that threats that occur as parts of disasters are not random events. Students gain a newfound capability to think of disasters as systems of threats and to capture these systems within computer storage to be studied as the student chooses. Students gain a greater proactive capability in anticipating what may happen in a disaster. The student experience is substantially enhanced because students learn to research disasters and then to systematically construct and analyze them through classroom assignments dealing with the four phases. This breakout session will explain the classroom teaching process for disaster system modeling and demonstrate several examples of student models and analyses, as explained by the students.
Moderator: Fred May, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Emergency Management, Institute for Emergency Preparedness
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
Contributors: Fred May, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Emergency Management
Institute for Emergency Preparedness
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL
Mallory Pusch, Graduate Student
Institute for Emergency Preparedness, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
Mario D’Angelo, Graduate Student, Institute for Emergency Preparedness
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL, and
Emergency Management Program Officer, Ottawa Paramedic Service
Special Operations Section, City of Ottawa, Canada
Leslie Little, Graduate Student, Institute for Emergency Preparedness
Jacksonville State University, and HELPU Fire and Life Safety, Williamsburg, VA
Peter Webb, Captain, Graduate Student, Institute for Emergency Preparedness
Jacksonville State University, and Dothan Fire Department, Dothan, AL
Robert McDaniels, Captain, Graduate Student, Institute for Emergency Preparedness Jacksonville State University, and Exercise Operations Officer, Pentagon,
National Guard Bureau, Future Operations, Arlington, VA
Reporter: Jane E. Rovins, Disaster Management Graduate Student
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, jane.rovins@
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Wednesday, June 6th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(5) Terrorism, Emergency Management, and Homeland Security—Is There Still a Debate?
Description: This session will discuss the past, current, and potential futures of the relationships between the emergency management community and the evolving world we call “homeland security.” Where do these two activities converge? Where are they mutually exclusive efforts? Is one activity a subset of the other? Is addressing terrorism in an “all-hazards” context appropriate and effective? Is the continuing debate mostly along political, functional, fiscal, or leadership lines of ownership and responsibility? Do we have to make a choice of one direction of effort at the expense of another? How is the evolution of “preparedness” strategies and policies affecting the relationship? This discussion is intended to present and solicit thoughts and concepts concerning the emergency management and homeland security dynamic.
Moderator: Bob Jaffin
Program Manager
American Public University
Presenter: Glen Woodbury
Associate Director
Executive Education Programs
Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA
Reporter: Craig Keith
2:50 – 3:10 – Break
3:10-5:00 – 2nd Round of Wednesday, June 6th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(1) Growing Existing Emergency Management Collegiate Programs: Upper Division and
Graduate Levels—What Works?
Moderator: Daniel J. Klenow, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Reporter: Jennifer Davey, jennifer.davey@
Emergency Management Student
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
(2) Getting New Collegiate Emergency Management Programs Started:
Upper Division and Graduate Levels
Moderator: Michael J. O’Connor, Jr.
Associate Professor of Emergency and Disaster Management
The State University of New York
Canton College of Technology
Canton, NY
Joan D. Barrax, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Graduate and Professional Studies
Shaw University
Raleigh, NC
Lloyd Burton, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Program Concentration in Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Advisor, MPA-JD Dual Degree Program
Graduate School of Public Affairs
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
Bill Newmann
Associate Professor
Coordinator, Political Science Program
Undergraduate Coordinator, Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Program
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Reporter: Jack R. Breese, Jrb42@ukron.edu
Emergency Management Student
University of Akron, Akron, OH
3:10-5:00 – 2nd Round of Wednesday, June 6th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(3) Community Engagement and Releasing Emergency Plans to the Public: Sunshine Week 2007
Moderator: John Lindsay, ades@BrandonU.CA
Assistant Professor and Chair
Department of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies Program
Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Sunshine Week Panel:
More than a third of public officials refused to provide access to their local Comprehensive Emergency Response Plan when asked as part of a nationwide information audit. Some officials reacted to requests with confusion, outright denials, and by calling police. Many weren’t sure who had the authority to release the reports, or even where the documents were located. This group will discuss the purpose of the audit, what it has achieved, and the importance of this information to community safety.
Panelists: Debra Gersh Hernandez
Coordinator, Sunshine Week, Arlington, VA
Pete Weitzel
Coordinator, Coalition of Journalists for Open Government, Arlington, VA
Joseph A. Davis
Director, Watchdog Project
Society of Environmental Journalists, Bethesda, MD
Valerie Lucus, CEM, CBCP
Emergency Manager, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA
Gordon W. Deno, CEM
Emergency Management Director, Wilson County, NC
Community Engagement in Public Health and Emergency Management Planning
Disasters and epidemics are immense and shocking disturbances that require the judgments and efforts of large numbers of people, not simply those who serve in an official capacity. This presentation reviews the Working Group on Community Engagement in Health Emergency Planning’s recommendations to government decision-makers on why and how to catalyze the civic infrastructure for an extreme health event.
Presenter: Monica Schoch-Spana, Ph.D.
Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Reporter: Jane Rovins (Matthew D. Miller), variable923@
Emergency Management Student, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
3:10-5:00 – 2nd Round of Wednesday, June 6th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(4) FEMA Catastrophic Disaster Response Operations and Recovery Project
Description: In FY 2006, FEMA embarked on two significant Catastrophic Disaster Response and Recovery Planning Initiatives based upon: a 7.7 Richter scale earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) and a Category 5 hurricane impacting South Florida in the Miami Metropolitan area.
The NMSZ is a fault system in the central United States that is located roughly between St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee. Approximately 44 million people reside in the 8 States and 4 FEMA Regions which comprise the NMSZ. Twelve million people reside in the high risk area, and the impact on the national infrastructure will compound response and recovery—getting supplies and relief to survivors will be exceptionally challenging.
The threat of a Category 5 hurricane making landfall on South Florida, coupled with concern over the integrity of the Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD) around Lake Okeechobee, could put most of South Florida under 1 to 4 feet of water or more for up to 22 days, leaving up to 1 million people homeless, 4 million people without electricity, and possibly crippling the State’s transportation infrastructure.
This workshop begins with a formal presentation on the FEMA planning efforts for both initiatives, the concept of the Scenario Driven Catastrophic Response and Recovery Plan Development Process, and the planning partnership at the Federal, State, local, Tribal Nation, Private Sector, and Critical Infrastructure levels. The guest panel members from the FEMA Disaster Operations Directorate (Response), Disaster Assistance Directorate (Recovery), and support contractors will address questions from the audience.
Moderator: Gregory Shaw, Ph.D., Senior Scientist
Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management
The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Panel: Michel S. Pawlowski, Incident Response Section Chief
Disaster Operations Directorate, FEMA Headquarters, Washington, DC
Paul Schwartz, Chief, Interagency Planning Team
Disaster Operations Directorate, FEMA Headquarters, Washington, DC
Bill McGann, Response Planning Specialist, Incident Response Section
Disaster Operations Directorate, FEMA Headquarters, Washington, DC
Ray Pena, Florida Catastrophic Planning
Innovative Emergency Management, Inc., FEMA Headquarters, Washington, DC
Rex Coble, New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Planning
Innovative Emergency Management, Inc., FEMA Headquarters, Washington, DC
Reporter: Henrike Brecht, Henrike@hurricane.lsu.edu
Disaster Management Student, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
June 7, 2006 – Thursday, Day Three, Morning Plenary Session, E Auditorium
8:30 – 9:00 – Survey of Collegiate Emergency Management Programs
Carol Cwiak
Doctoral Student, Instructor
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
9:00 – 10:00 – Six Rather Unusual Propositions about Terrorism
John Mueller, Ph.D.
Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies
Mershon Center
Professor
Department of Political Science
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
10:30 – 10:50 – Break
10:50 – 12:00 – Just How Are Things Going Presentations:
Presenter: David Neal, Ph.D.
Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events
Professor
Fire and Emergency Management Programs
Department of Political Science
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Topic: Where We Have Been, Where We Are, Where We Are Going in Collegiate
Emergency Management Programs
Presenter: Patrick S. Roberts, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Center for Public Administration and Policy
School of Public and International Affairs
Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
Topic: How Are States and Localities Thinking about Risk and Vulnerability Across
Hazards
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 – 1st Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(1) On the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Several differing perspectives on the National Incident Management System will be presented and discussed.
Moderator: Jason Levy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Hazard Mitigation & Emergency Planning
Huxley College of the Environment
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
Panelist: Joseph E. Trainor
Projects Coordinator, Disaster Research Center
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Topic: A Critical Evaluation of the Incident Command System and NIMS (by Dick A. Buck,
Joseph E. Trainor, Benigno E. Aguirre, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Vol. 3, Issue 3, Article 1, 2006.)
Panelist: David M. Neal, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events
Professor, Fire and Emergency Management Program
Department of Political Science
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Topic: Structural Barriers to Implementing the National Incident Management System
During the Response to Hurricane Katrina, by David M. Neal and Gary R. Webb, pp. 263–282 in Learning from Catastrophe: Quick Response Research in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina. Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, Special Pub. #40, 2006.
Panelist: Albert H. Fluman
Acting Director, NIMS Integration Center
Federal Emergency Management Agency/DHS, Washington DC
Topic: The National Incident Management System
Reporter: Jessica Anne Leifeld, jessica.leifeld@ndsu.edu
Emergency Management Graduate Student, Emergency Management Program
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
1:00 – 2:30 – 1st Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(2) Current Research on Disaster: Political Science
Moderator: Bill Newmann, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Coordinator, Political Science Program
Undergraduate Coordinator, Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Program
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Presenter: Saundra K. Schneider, Ph.D.
Professor
Associate Chair
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Political Science
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Topic: Flirting with Disaster: Public Management in Crisis Situations (2nd Edition)
Description: Dr. Schneider will provide an overview of her forthcoming book Flirting with Disaster (2nd Edition), drawing parallels between the Hurricane Katrina response and earlier governmental responses to Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew.
Presenter: Richard Sylves, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Political Science & International Relations
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Topic: Presidential Disaster Declarations
Description: Dr. Sylves will discuss the development and availability of a Website containing the country’s largest repository of information on Presidential disaster declarations (and some non-declarations).
Reporter: Holly Bryant
Emergency Management Student
Emergency Administration and Management Program
Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, AR
hbryant@atu.edu
1:00 – 2:30 – 1st Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(3) Two Reports: On EDEN and on Disaster Relief – Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Moderator: Barbara Klingensmith, Ph.D., barbara.klingensmith@
Division of State Fire Marshal, Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
University of Florida Fire and Emergency Services Program - bcn.ufl.edu/fes
Florida State Fire College, Ocala, FL
Presenter: T. David Filson
Emergency Preparedness & Response Coordination and Partnership Expansion Leader
Penn State Cooperative Extension
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Topic: The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)
Description: This presentation will explain and illustrate the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN), a collaborative multi-State effort by Extension Services from every State to improve the delivery of services to citizens affected by disasters. The network serves primarily Extension agents and educators by providing them access to resources on disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery that will enhance their short and long-term programming efforts. The mission of EDEN is to share education resources to reduce the impact of natural and man-made disasters through:
• Interdisciplinary and multi-State research and education programs addressing disaster mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery;
• Linkages with Federal, State, and local agencies and organizations;
• Anticipation of future disaster education needs and actions;
• Timely and prompt communications and delivery of information that meets audience needs;
• Credible and reliable information
EDEN is about developed partnerships with DHS, FEMA, VOAD, State departments of health, State departments of agriculture, and others. As a national network, EDEN is made up of educators, specialists, experts, liaisons, collaborators, and consultants. EDEN provides online, train-the-trainer curriculums that are designed to teach Extension educators/agents on pertinent topics, as well as equip them with tools needed to teach targeted audiences.
Presenter: Thomas H. Stanton, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University, Institute of Government, Washington, DC
Topic: Delivery of Benefits in an Emergency: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Description: The building blocks are in place for coordinated delivery of emergency benefits. This report summarizes promising practices and argues that it is time to create a coordinated and interoperable delivery system.
Reporter: Jamyr (Angie) A. Henao, Emergency Management Student, jhenao70@
Masters of Public Administration in Emergency and Disaster Management
Metropolitan College of New York, New York, NY
1:00 – 2:30 – 1st Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(4) Educating Emergency Managers: Accreditation of Collegiate Emergency Management Programs
As the number of legitimate collegiate programs offering degrees or certificates in emergency management proliferate, so do the concerns that these programs are producing graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to enter this growing field. This panel will discuss the initiative to develop a Foundation to accredit these programs and reinstate the Epsilon Pi Phi Honor Society for emergency management students.
Moderator: William L. Waugh, Jr., Ph.D., wwaugh@gsu.edu
Professor
Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Panel: Kay C. Goss, CEM
Director
Emergency Management and Homeland Security
SRA International, Arlington, VA
Valerie Lucus, CEM, CBCP
Emergency Manager
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Dorothy L. Miller
Emergency Management Coordinator
Office of Emergency Management
University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Daryl Lee Spiewak, CEM
Emergency Programs Manager
Brazos River Authority
Waco, TX
Micheal A. Kemp, M.S.
Instructor/Ph.D. Student
Emergency Management Program
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Reporter: Todd Coudriet, tac20@uakron.edu
Emergency Management Student
University of Akron, Akron, OH
1:00 – 2:30 – 1st Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(5) Picking up the Pieces: Asking the Right Questions and Learning the Right Lessons—
Hurricane Katrina and the Pennsylvania Winter Storms
Moderator: David Etkin
Graduate Program Director, Disaster and Emergency Management
Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Applied Studies
Coordinator
York University
Toronto, Canada
Etkin@yorku.ca
Report 1: State and Local Emergency Managers Evaluate Katrina Response and Propose Strategies for the Revitalization of Federal Emergency Management
Presenter: R. Steven Daniels, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Public Policy and Administration
California State University-Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Description: This presentation summarizes a survey conducted with State and local emergency managers from April to July 2006, covering four basic themes: types of catastrophic disaster, quality of local and State emergency plans, effectiveness of Katrina response, and strategies for revitalizing emergency management in the wake of Katrina. Focus is on the last two themes: effectiveness of response and strategies for improvement, supplementing the general responses with the rich, thoughtful, detailed responses provided by the majority of respondents. These responses provide a range of strategies for improving all four stages of emergency management. The report will compare the proposed strategies to actual changes made in Federal emergency management since Katrina, especially in Title VI of P.L. 109-295 (H.R. 5441), the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.
1:00 – 2:30 – 1st Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(5) Picking up the Pieces: Asking the Right Questions and Learning the Right Lessons—
Hurricane Katrina and the Pennsylvania Winter Storms (Continued)
Report 2: Independent Report on the Mid-February 2007 Winter Storm Response for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Presenter: Jennifer Holt Thamer
James Lee Witt Associates
Washington, DC, and Denver, CO
Description: In the aftermath of Pennsylvania’s mid-February winter storms, Governor Rendell ordered an after-action report on the State’s response to the event. The resulting report evaluated the performance of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, State Police, Department of Transportation, and the National Guard, and identified key areas in need of operational reform. Not only in Pennsylvania, but in communities and businesses across the U.S., emergency managers will need to address these same lessons learned in their own roles.
Reporter: Meghan Butasek
Emergency Health Services Graduate Student
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
mbutasck@law.umaryland.edu
2:30 – 2:45 – Break
2:45 – 4:15 – 2nd Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(1) New Perspectives and Approaches in Emergency Management Higher Education
Moderator: Ed Leachman
Visiting Assistant Professor
Emergency Administration and Management
Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, AR
eleachman@atu.edu
Presenter: David Neal, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events
Professor, Fire and Emergency Management Programs
Department of Political Science
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
dave.neal@okstate.edu
Description: For the first Higher Education Conference in 1998, Dr. Neal was invited to provide an overview of disaster management programs. He noted that opportunities abounded for such programs (e.g., growing number of disasters, professionalization of the field, support by FEMA, opportunities in the public, private, and volunteer sector). He also cautioned that a number of structural barriers could impede progress. Examples include the issue of academic legitimacy, defining a curriculum, the generation of textbooks, finding and keeping qualified faculty, and the administrative location of the program. Although each barrier is important in its own right, it also became apparent that each factor could also influence these other factors. Other salient issues he only touched upon (e.g., accreditation) as sub-categories or totally failed to address (e.g., diversity, terrorism, graduate programs). In this paper, Dr. Neal first updates his observations on the above topics by drawing upon information from Websites, the academic literature, and his own observations. Next, he addresses the issues that he previously mentioned or ignored. He will attempt to forecast what issues will continue to dog us (administrative location, the homeland security versus disaster environment), other selected observations (the types of institutions that initiate degree programs), and what new issues may arise. Finally, Dr. Neal will make a few comments about the current and future role of the Higher Education Project.
Reporter: Kaycee Cooper
2:45 – 4:15 – 2nd Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(2) Revitalization/Revamping of Emergency Preparedness Technology Collegiate Programs in North Carolina
Description: This breakout session panel will discuss how North Carolina, through State government participation, is revitalizing Emergency Management training to all first responders by utilizing the community college system; is revamping the Emergency Preparedness Technology Collegiate programs; and how NC will tie everything together from Continuing Education through Master Degree Programs. Lessons learned will be shared, and a Q&A session will follow the presentations.
Panel: Glenn Wisbey
Training Coordinator
North Carolina Division of Emergency Management
Raleigh, NC
Scott Bullard
Director of Emergency Services
North Carolina Community College System
Raleigh, NC
bullards@nccommunitycolleges.edu
Randy Egsegian
Program Director
Fire Protection Technology & Emergency Preparedness Technology
Durham Technical Community College
Durham, NC
William B. (Bill) Gentry
Director
Community Preparedness and Disaster Management Certificate Program
Master of Science in Disaster Management Program
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
wgentry@email.unc.edu
Reporter: Kimberly A. Kirschner
Emergency Management Student
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
kimberly.kirschner@ndsu.edu
2:45 – 4:15 – 2nd Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(3) Emergency Management Graduate Students Research Projects:
Moderator: Richard A. Bissell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Department of Emergency Health Services
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
Presenter 1: Henrike Brecht
Graduate Research Assistant
LSU Hurricane Center
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
Topic: Assessing Natural Hazard Risk in Urban Areas
Description: A key element in disaster reduction is to measure risk. Special attendance needs to be given to identify risk in urban areas due to the high disaster susceptibility in cities and the ongoing process of urbanization. This study reviews existing risk assessment approaches and develops a methodology for an urban risk index that allows the relative comparison of disaster risk of cities worldwide.
Presenter 2: Meghan Butasek, MPH, J.D. Candidate (PDF)
Meghan Butasek, MPH, J.D. Candidate (PPT)
Emergency Health Service Graduate Student
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Maryland Law Student and
Center for Health and Homeland Security Law Fellow
Baltimore, MD
mbutasek@law.umaryland.edu
Topic: Information Sharing and Emergency Collaboration Manual for Children in Foster Care During Disaster Events
Description: Research Description: After Hurricane Katrina, as many as 2,000 of Louisiana’s 5,000 children in foster care were displaced and lost to the child welfare system. Without learning from these lessons, children in foster care will continue to be an exceptionally vulnerable population in future disasters. This research discusses what happened with children after Hurricane Katrina and explores ideas for how to strengthen information sharing and coordination between localities and States for the purpose of protecting the access of foster children to health care, education, and social services following a disaster event.
2:45 – 4:15 – 2nd Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(3) Emergency Management Graduate Students Research Projects (Continued):
Presenter 3: Jack Breese
Emergency Management Graduating Student
The University of Akron
Akron, OH
Topic: The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Failed Leadership: An Assessment
of Reorganization and Emergency Management Student Perceptions
Description: In an extension of research assessing reorganization of FEMA, this project experimentally examines the perceptions of undergraduate students at The University of Akron pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Emergency Management. Seventy-nine students voluntarily completed a survey measuring their degree of agreement or disagreement to statements related to FEMA. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Presenter 4: Micheal A. Kemp, M.S.
Instructor/Ph.D. Student
Emergency Management Program
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Topic: The 1997 Red River Valley Flood: Vulnerability and Disaster—A 10-Year Review
Description: Understanding various ways human practices, either individually or collectively, are implicated in disasters has both practical and theoretical significance. This dissertation focuses on social, economic, and political variables contributing to the 1997 Red River flood, 10 years after the event.
Presenter 5: Brandi Lea
Graduate Student
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Topic: “Uncharted Waters”: The Waterborne Evacuation of Lower Manhattan on 9/11
Description: This presentation covers the waterborne evacuation of lower Manhattan and subsequent boatlift of supplies. The presentation considers how the evacuation was organized and highlights the features of harbor operations that facilitated this effort.
2:45 – 4:15 – 2nd Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(3) Emergency Management Graduate Students Research Projects (Continued):
Presenter 6: Jane E. Rovins, MPH, CEM
Graduate Student
Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
Topic: Effective Hazard Mitigation: Are Local Mitigation Strategies Getting the Job Done?
Description: With the advent of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and its emphasis on mitigation planning, it is important to understand if it is effective in reducing disaster damage and life losses. Ms. Rovins’ research reviews the Local Mitigation Strategies in Florida over 25 Presidentially declared events during a 10-year period to determine the effectiveness of mitigation planning as a tool to reduce disaster damage.
Reporter: Jeanine M. Neipert
Emergency Management Student
Emergency Management Program
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Emergency Management
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
jeanine.neipert@ndsu.edu
2:45 – 4:15 – 2nd Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(4) Navigating the Disaster
Description: The geography of landscape wrought asunder by disaster or terrorist attack is not unlike that of the surface of the moon. The topography by which one traditionally communicates, coordinates, and navigates is often unrecognizable: no street signs, no house numbers, and few visual landmarks. The U.S. National Grid (USNG) spatial reference system is of the utmost importance for successful and safe execution of the emergency management mission, all-hazards, especially in a multi-jurisdiction setting with or without street signs. A common operating grid (USNG) and use of geo-addressing for all phases of the emergency management lifecycle is a precursor for unified and interoperable command and coordination, plans, communications, and other preparation for resource management and public information. This session will review the USA’s established doctrine for a common operating grid (USNG) and then teach participants the importance of, and how to use, integrated mapping technologies, quality maps, and land navigation techniques to create a unified, spatially-referenced operational framework.
Presenters: Tom Terry
Federal Geographic Data Committee
Homeland Security Working Group
Geospatial Information & Services Officer
Geospatial Intelligence Plans and Policy Branch
Headquarters United States Marine Corps
Washington, DC
Talbot Brooks
Director
Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Information Technology
Delta State University
Cleveland, MS
Reporter: April Griffin
Emergency and Disaster Management Program Student
State University of New York
Canton College of Technology
Canton, NY
abutterfly_38@
2:45 – 4:15 – 2nd Round of Thursday, June 7th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(5) From Lessons Learned to Lessons Taught: Post-Katrina Implications for University Hazard-Related Curricula
Description: The stage for this interactive roundtable discussion will be set by a brief overview of several recently completed or ongoing studies about lessons learned after Katrina, the use of these lessons by emergency managers, and suggestions as to how university curricula can implement changes to reflect the lessons from Katrina and the needs of the emergency management community. The majority of the time will be devoted to feedback from the participants. The roundtable will actively seek discussion, soliciting new viewpoints and recommendations as to how to incorporate the larger body of literature on emergency management lessons learned post-Katrina into a best-practice approach to university hazard-related curricula. The results of the discussion will be collected and shared with participants.
Presenter: John J. Kiefer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Master of Public Administration Program
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
JKiefer@UNO.edu
Reporter: Tom Hughes
Emergency Management Graduate Student
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
TaHughes@
4:30 – 5:00 – Conference Wrap-Up
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